RUDD's Finishing School (Advertisement from the Evening Argus)

RUDD's FINISHING SCHOOL
for Scarlet Women, Painted Ladies, Cads, and Bounders!

Gentlemen! Do you have an illegitimate and wayward son or daughter?
Ladies, are your second and third children 'getting under your feet'?
These sorts of young adults need instruction in the way the world REALLY works

Fortunately the Rudd Finishing School can help!

Established in 1808 under the patronage of King James III, The Rudd
school is managed, run and solely owned by - Lady Emmeline Rudd.

Our forthright curriculum is dedicated to equipping these 'difficult'
over-grown children with useful skills, once their 12 month course is
completed.

Cad's, Bounders and Rakes will acquire the following skill-set:
Gem-theft - using the patented 'Raffles' method
Brawling
Billiards / Pool / Snooker
Cards - Poker (honest and 'professional'), Bridge, and Pontoon
Backgammon - To Win, to humble and to cheat
Cocktails for the louche
and more...

Scarlet Women, Painted Ladies and Mistresses will learn
Eye Flashing - to Parisian Boudoir level
Make Up - an intensive course covering Demure, Wooing, Seduction and Scorn
Derringer - All Nineteen hiding places
Poisons - New and Old
Bustles - for the new seductress!

While the fees for this course are very substantial, your wayward
child will soon forget their old life of petty theft and trivial
friendship and be well on their way to becoming a scandalous person,
never away from the headlines - thus allowing the careful parent to
dine out on the exploits of their child for the rest of their life.

All communications and fee advancements should be sent to:-

Lady Rudd
Kitty O'Shea House
Nelson Road
Dulwich

submitted by Mr. Neon Suntan

Beaconsfield-Ryon Academy for Scholastic Specialis or B.R.A.S.S.

In addition to the normal education befitting young people, all B.R.A.S.S. students receive tutoring in the following:-

• Zeppelin Construction - Theory and Practice
• General Goggling
• Aerial Trigonometry
• Aetheric Calculus
• Fencing - to Olympic Standard
• General Marksmanship
• Applied Apparatus design
• Courting Etiquette

Second Year students have the opportunity to specialise in two of the following:-

• Ray-Gun implementation
• Advanced Goggling
• Advanced Corsetry
• Steam Cannon Construction
• Practical Stiletto Usage
• Advanced Courting Techniques
• Japanese Wrestling or "Jiu Jitsu" - new this semester with Mr. Kimura

Final Year options are normally agreed with Personal Tutors but recent qualifications attained have included:-

Mad Scientist
Crazed Aviatrix
Wayward Pilot
Gentleman Caller
Dandy Adventurer*
Lady Explorer*

*requires an extra six-month secondment to Ramzans Sabre Academy in Delhi

The Academy was established in the desecrated Convent of the Sisters of Pulchritude and refurbishments were completed in 1889 to the highest standard.

Facilities include:

• Gymnasium
• Male and Female Turkish Baths
• Running track
• Zeppelin Hangar

Sports (available to both men and women):

• General Athletics
• Fell Running
• Soccer
• Rugby
• American Football
• Rounders

Other activities include:

• Masque Ball
• Halloween Ball
• Yuletide Ball
• Valentine Ball

Details of fees, bursaries, scholarships, accommodation arrangements, Aether insurance rates and Goggle Hire are available on request....

submitted by Mr. Neon Suntan